Fire Island Hosta Workshop

On Sunday we had Elizabeth Chadwick in store for part 2 of our Fire Island Hosta Quilt. It was a busy day there was a lot to get through, so we can continue on our own and finish our quilts. Some parts are more challenging than others but with Elizabeth's guidance we are making good progress on our quilts.

Some progress pictures on the quilts. They are all going to be stunning when we finish them.

I will keep you all updated on our progress, well at least my progress.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

The Gypsy Wife Top is Completed.

Happy dance time! I finally got this beauty together. It has been fun, though I was a bit worried at the start on how all this goes together but it wasn't as hard as I thought.  The blocks went together fairly easily. As long as you take your time and layout out the whole section before you start the section, it was good.

There was a few spots I had to use the seam ripper and fix a problem or two but that is me. I always twist something around. At least I found the problems early, not after it had been quilted.

Now I do have the pattern in the shop if you are tempted to make your own version or I do have a few spots left in our Block of the Month version if you prefer. Visit Cynthia's Ark to purchase. I am happy to ship internationally as I am in Australia. Just remember the postage rate will be a little more.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Idaho Square Dance Block

I found this block in Quiltmaker magazine May/June issue in Bonnie Hunter's Addicted to Scraps article and it uses lots of 1 1/2 inch fabric scraps. Now I have been using lots of my larger scraps leaving me lot of scraps under 2 inch in size. So after reading the Addicted to Scraps article I thought I would look at what there was in that size in the scrap box. I started with my little cutting table scrap box which was full and needed to be sorted and this is what I ended up with. It's a good start.

 I started the cutting process to see what I got out of this lot before I attack the main scrap box which has more pieces that are larger. So far I am halfway through the 2 piles. Some just didn't quite make it as they were a fraction smaller than 1 1/2 inches so they were returned to the scrap box for another time and some went into the bin as they were way too small. Why did I keep some pieces that were barely 1/2 inch square in size (one piece was barely a 1/4 ' wide, so what that it was 4' long. What was I thinking!) The good thing the cutting table bin is now only half full.
I stopped cutting so I could sew a test block. Any excuse to sew, hey. Here it is and it measures the 7 inches stated in the Bonnie's column so I am happy. I don't know how many blocks I will make. We will see where I end up.

 I think I will use the little four patches as Leaders and Enders to build them up and my centre squares are all going to be this hexagon print which is my favourite at the moment.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

What I am working on today!

Today is pinning and quilting day here I need to pin these baby quilts  and quilt them ready for the Laura Folk Fair in a few weeks time and my Castle Wall quilt has been waiting a while for quilting, all ready to go.

 These 3 quilts are folded in half.

Even with all my good intentions, the day was a bust. I thought I would send an email off that needed to be done and I would be free. NO. I spend over half the day working on the computer. So in the end I got the tractor quilt almost finished (just need to finish the turning over of the binding) and the fairy quilt pinned.  Oh well. That is life isn't it.

Until next time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

My Star Quilt Update

It have been a little while since I posted anything on my Inklingo star project.At the time I had decided to make 12 blocks and have printed all my shapes ready to stitch. Now I have 5 blocks made and I am wondering if I should add an alternate block to the original design for more interest rather than just having 12 star blocks joined together and I am leaning towards setting it on point or maybe not.

 I just have one little problem I can't decide which fabric to use out of the 2 left from the range that the stars came from. These 2 haven't been used in the blocks. Which one do you like better?  Please help me decide.
 There is an Inklingo link in the right hand side tool bar if you want to find out how to print on fabric.

Until Next Time 

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Stay out of the heat if you are somewhere hot like me.